Introduction into and movement within the Union territory of specified fruits destined exclusively for industrial processing
Article 6
By way of derogation from point 60(e) of Annex VII to Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/2072, the specified fruits originating in Argentina, Brazil, South Africa, Uruguay or Zimbabwe, destined exclusively for industrial processing, shall only be introduced into, and moved, processed and stored within, the Union territory in accordance with Articles 6 to 10 and if all of the following requirements are fulfilled: (a) the specified fruits have been produced in one of those countries in an approved site of production, which has undergone treatments and cultural measures effective against the specified pest at the appropriate time since the beginning of the last cycle of vegetation, and their application has been verified under the official supervision of the National Plant Protection Organisation (‘the NPPO’) of that country; (b) the specified fruits have been harvested in approved sites of production and no symptoms of the specified pest have been detected throughout an appropriate physical check carried out during packaging; (c) the specified fruits are accompanied by a phytosanitary certificate, which includes all of the following elements: (i) the number of packages from each site of production; (ii) the identification numbers of the containers; (iii) the relevant traceability codes of the sites of production indicated on the individual packages, and under the heading ‘Additional Declaration’ the following statements: ‘The consignment complies with Article 6 of Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2022/632’ and ‘Fruits destined exclusively for industrial processing’; (d) they are transported in individual packages in a container; (e) a label is attached to each individual package referred to in point (d), bearing the following information: (i) the traceability code of the site of production on each individual package; (ii) the declared net weight of the specified fruit; (iii) the statement: ‘Fruit destined exclusively for industrial processing’.